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Old 12-19-2016, 01:05 PM
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Default Any indication of a Vans price increase for 2017?

Just wondering if anyone had heard any rumblings from the mothership if they intend on raising prices after the new year. I think they have typically done this in the past, but so long as you got your order submitted before the new year, you could still get the old price.

Reason I ask is that I am about to buy my wings, and want to know if I need to go ahead and get it submitted before the 31st to lock in the 2016 prices.
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Old 12-19-2016, 01:48 PM
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In the past Vans has given advance notice. Just check <vansaircraft.com> once a month or so. Since nothing is posted yet, I think you may assume January prices will be unchanged.
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Old 12-19-2016, 02:16 PM
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Default one fabulous idea?

....so, why not move production to the underutilized Bombardier facilities in Quebec?
.....full billion-dollar government subsidies, 30% savings on the exchange rate alone....kits should be about...oh..... $172 usd each!

(okay, sorry, just a tiny bit political there, but you get the idea!)

oh, and Canada Post will delivery them, anything, anywhere,

eventually!

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Old 12-19-2016, 03:25 PM
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Just wondering if anyone had heard any rumblings from the mothership if they intend on raising prices after the new year. I think they have typically done this in the past, but so long as you got your order submitted before the new year, you could still get the old price.

Reason I ask is that I am about to buy my wings, and want to know if I need to go ahead and get it submitted before the 31st to lock in the 2016 prices.
Usually they hit around April 1st. Humorous date for a price increase.
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Old 12-19-2016, 09:59 PM
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I vaguely remember there being a notification from Van's in the last year or two that they were changing how their price increases were handled. Something about a new purchasing method/system was going to cause price changes to occur as their costs increased as opposed to the traditional yearly adjustment. I'll see if I can dig it up.

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Old 12-21-2016, 10:01 AM
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I vaguely remember there being a notification from Van's in the last year or two that they were changing how their price increases were handled. Something about a new purchasing method/system was going to cause price changes to occur as their costs increased as opposed to the traditional yearly adjustment. I'll see if I can dig it up.

Shane
Shane, I think I may have found the document you are referring to:

http://www.vansaircraft.com/images/o...it-Pricing.pdf

It was released in 2015, so it looks like the kit prices will just increase as they incur the price increases. We won't get any warning when it happens. I guess this really helps control the rush of buyers trying to get the end-of-year pricing before it changes :-)
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Old 12-21-2016, 01:33 PM
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When the price increases occurred annually, generally they seemed to be not much more than a couple of tanks of fuel would cost. Something to consider.
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Old 12-21-2016, 01:50 PM
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Not trying to "stir it up" or cause some controversy, but as far as pricing is concerned...

...a friend of mine recently gave me some old (mid 90s to early 2000s) issues of the EAA "Sport Aviation" magazine when he was cleaning his hangar. I only got into this whole aviation thing and joined EAA/AOPA about 5 years ago now. Looking through those old issues is depressing - man, were the Vans kit prices LOW back then!!! Really wished I'd discovered experimental aviation back then!

Again, not trying to cause trouble. But my point I guess from this rant is...buy a Vans kit(s) as soon as you can afford to.

At any rate, thanks for the rant, and I hope all y'all VAF folks have a Merry Christmas (or are having a Happy Hanukkah) and a Happy New Year!!!
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Old 12-21-2016, 02:04 PM
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Not trying to "stir it up" or cause some controversy, but as far as pricing is concerned...

...a friend of mine recently gave me some old (mid 90s to early 2000s) issues of the EAA "Sport Aviation" magazine when he was cleaning his hangar. I only got into this whole aviation thing and joined EAA/AOPA about 5 years ago now. Looking through those old issues is depressing - man, were the Vans kit prices LOW back then!!! Really wished I'd discovered experimental aviation back then!

Again, not trying to cause trouble. But my point I guess from this rant is...buy a Vans kit(s) as soon as you can afford to.

At any rate, thanks for the rant, and I hope all y'all VAF folks have a Merry Christmas (or are having a Happy Hanukkah) and a Happy New Year!!!
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Old 12-21-2016, 02:06 PM
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Again, not trying to cause trouble. But my point I guess from this rant is...buy a Vans kit(s) as soon as you can afford to.
I think you have the wrong idea about what has caused most of the price increase over the years......

When I got involved with RV's in the late 80's you could by a complete RV-6 kit for under $7000.

With the current price of just an RV-6 Finish Kit at $7190, if that make you think that everyone working at Van's is driving BMW's you would be wrong.

Most of the price increase over the years is inflation (buying sooner only helps a little with that) with the rest being from improvements that have been made in the kits over the years (upgrading to prepreg cowlings and powder coating steel parts as a couple of examples)
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